the extremely nebulous concept of "downtown" is mostly worthless as a comparison tool because no two cities define "downtown" the same way. in fact, many cities (chicago included) don't even bother to ever formally define "downtown".
chicago does have what the city calls "the central area", defined as the lake over to ashland, and north ave. down to cermak. it's 11 sq. miles, but it includes a lot of areas that most urbanists would not include in a traditional interpretation of "downtown".
when someone says "downtown X has more Y than downtown Z", it's often a meaningless statement because apples are rarely ever compared with other apples in such instances.
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"Missing middle" housing can be a great middle ground for many middle class families.
Last edited by Steely Dan; Sep 24, 2019 at 4:38 PM.
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